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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LEERAM-LAARIM, n. A nonce formation used only in the following riddle to mean “window” (I.Sc. 1960).Sh. 1937 J. Nicolson Restin' Chair Yarns 93:
I sat in my sheeram shaarim [chair], An, looked trou da leeram laarim.